Handkerchief



Patented June 5, 1928.

UNITED STATES HELENE CHONLA, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.-

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The presentinvention relates to improvements in handkerchiefs and method of making same, and has for an object to provide a handkerchief of tissue paper, treated to eliminate rustle and stiffness from the paper, to render same soft and pliable and avoid rumpling. v

The invention also aim'sto provide ahandkerchief, which will be cheap and sanitary, and which willdispense with laundering.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, tne invention will be more particularly described hereinafter and pointed out in the subjoined claims.

The improved handkerchief is formed in any suitable size from tissue'paper or other appropriate material. This material is initially treated by floating it hastily through a preparation of ten parts of ammonia to two parts of glycerine. The ammonia employed is preferably eight parts aromatic spirits of ammonia and two parts crude undiluted ammonia. The aper is thereafter dried in flat sheets and 1s subsequently drawn quickly through a preparation of three arts of peroxide of hydrogen,

commonly re erred to as peroxide to one part of glycerine. Again, the material is carefully dried in straight flat sheets, and is then ready for cutting and use.

The ammonia toughens the paper, gives it body and partially softens the same through the addition of the glycerine.

The ammonia also fortifies the paper against thedissolving effect of the peroxide. The peroxide, however, is the only medium so far discovered, which will entirely aid the glycerine to soften the paper and eliminate 7 Application filed December 4 192e. Serial No. 152,721.

the resulting noise. The peroxide also counteracts the unpleasantoily effect of the 40 glycerine on the paper,

After use, the handkerchief so made and treated may be easily disposed of by fire or water.

I have described a preferred and -satisfactory construction of handkerchief and preferred steps of a method for treating same, but I desire to be understood that various changes may bemade in such construction and steps, without departing from the spirit of my invention, provided same come within the scope of the following, claims.

Having thus described my invention, what 11 claim and desire to secure by Letters atent of the United States is:

l 1. An improved handkerchief of paper treated with ammonia, glycerine and peroxide.

2. A method of treating paper handkerchiefs, which consists in initially treating the paper with a preparation of ammonia and glycerine, subsequently drying the material, then treating same with a preparation of peroxide and glycerine and again drying the paper.

3. The herein described method of forming tissue paper handkerchiefs, which consists in initially treating the paper with a preparation of 10 parts ammonia and 2 parts glycerine, then drying the material in flat sheets, subsequently drawing the flat sheets through a preparation of 3- parts of peroxide to 1 part of glycerine, and again drying the material in flat sheets.

' HELENE CHONLA. 

